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Jojifuku (女児服), which translates to "girl's clothing", is a Japanese fashion that revolves around adults wearing nostalgic children’s clothing brands featured in Shoujo^[1] magazines such as Nakayoshi and Ciao.

The male equivalent based on the clothes featured in shonen magazines would be called Danjifuku (男児服).

History[]

During the early 2000s, there was a boom in children's clothing brands collaborating with Shoujo magazines in Japan. Despite catering to an audience that quickly grows out of their clothes, the price range was often way beyond 10.000yen (~100USD) and not many parents could afford those clothes. Eventually those children would grow into adults still longing for the designs of the Shoujo magazines, and some of those brands would start catering to them with expanding their size range to also fit adult Japanese women.

Visuals[]

Chibi animals
Glitter
Shoujo manga
Stickers
Randoseru
Uwabaki
Sanrio and San-X characters

Fashion[]

Little_Girls_Makeup_by_Hikari_Shiina【with_English_Sub】｜-大人なのに女児服着てるメイク【椎名ひかり】 — Little Girls Makeup by Hikari Shiina【with English Sub】｜-大人なのに女児服着てるメイク【椎名ひかり】

Jojifuku makeup tutorial by Pikarin

As the name suggests, the fashion mainly consists out of outfits as you would see them in Shoujo magazines aimed at girls. The color palette is often very similar to Yume Kawaii but also has bright accents that give a pop impression. There are many prints of nostalgic magical girl anime such as Sailor Moon and Pretty Cure.

Media[]

Characters[]

Agnes Digital (Uma Musume)
Misogi (Princess Connect!)
Morino Amane (Yumemiru Angel Blue)
Otori Emu (Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE!)
Natsukawa Nina (Cinderella Collection)
Berri Chan (Mezzo Piano)
Ichihara Nina (THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage)
Yokoyama Chika (THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage)
Yumeno Koto (Onegai My Melody)
Suzumura Sango (Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure)
Zundamon (Utauloid/CeVIO AI)

Magazines[]

Nakayoshi
Ribon
Ciao

Criticism[]

With the recent spread of Japanese fashion to the west, Jojifuku has become a controversial topic online. Despite the style on its own not being inherently connected to fetish content, there has been a strong association with age play fetish content due to the Japanese hashtag for the style being popularized by an AV (adult video) studio that also posts SFW content for promotion.^[2] Therefore, some people consider it a misuse of children's clothing.

The aesthetic also has a subset of people using it as a status symbol for thinness and eating disorders. Because these clothes were made for children, adults who could fit into it would need to be child-sized. People with eating disorders often brag about their size through showing that they can fit into children's clothes.^[3]